It has to be a hell of a disappointment for Democrats that a man in Flake, no fan of President Trump or his decisions by any stretch, still believes the right thing to go is cut through the noise and vote to confirm a qualified, honorable man.

“I watched their faces very closely,” Speier said. “And Sen. Flake, in particular, has looked very pained. He was pained during her testimony of what happened.”

Sure, it was painful. Nobody wants to hear a woman have to relay a story about sexual assault. But there’s also the reality that Ford has absolutely no proof that it happened, while Kavanaugh along with others allegedly in attendance denies it ever happened.

Thus, it is not a credible threat, leaving Senators to vote from a pure standpoint of qualifications.

“What I do know is that our system of justice affords a presumption of innocence to the accused, absent corroborating evidence,” Flake wrote in a statement. “I will vote to confirm Judge Kavanaugh.”